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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Frances Grey related to the King of England?

2. Who does Frances Grey marry in 1554?

3. When does John Feckenham visit Jane?

4. How long is Jane queen?

5. Where is the house that France Grey has returned to her after her husband is beheaded?

Short Essay Questions

1. What arrangement are made to have Jane and her sisters married and why?

2. What does Ned think he and Katherine should do when they do not get permission to marry?

3. Why is it a problem that there be a Tudor son to succeed King Edward?

4. Why does Jane believe that her family has "every right to royal magnificence" (5)?

5. Where is Jane moved after her father-in-law is arrested, and who attends to her?

6. What relationship seems to be between Queen Elizabeth and Robert Dudley in the summer of 1559?

7. What happens when Queen Mary appears to be pregnant?

8. What is the family's country estate like at Bradgate?

9. Why will John Dudley and his sons be executed?

10. Who does Queen Mary name as her successor and how is her choice received?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jane is a devout Protestant. How does she view Catholicism? Why does she believe it is wrong?

Essay Topic 2

After Jane is forced to take the throne, she and others are accused of treason. Who is accused of treason after Jane takes the throne? Should Jane have been accused and beheaded for treason?

Essay Topic 3

Jane is made queen by her father and other powerful men. How was Jane betrayed and abandoned by the people who tried to put her in power?

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